It’s Another Gaming Saga for Grimes in “Kill V. Maim”

Photo: Grimes – Kill V. Maim Youtube. Fur is out – Grimes is bringing back the feathers so you can play with them!

Canadian manga experimental pop artist, Grimes, debuted her music video for “Kill V. Maim” where we see cartoon-like characters dancing like zombies and going on a gaming adventure. If there’s anything that Grimes’ new music and Porter Robinson’s last album Worlds teaches us is to embrace your geekiness – your work does not have to derive from what society labels as “high-end” art. You might be inspired from re-watching Sailormoon like Grimes or playing video games in the basement of your folks’ house in New Jersey like Robinson. Either way, you’ll get Coachella paycheck lineup:

“Kill V. Maim” is from her album Art Angels, which was released on November of last year and has been getting lots of brownie points. While Grimes has been on a whac-a-mole struggle towards the various interpretations from the press – which apparently contaminate the true meaning of her work – the majority of us genuinely enjoy the adrenaline-rushing gamelike sound arena her new record opens up for us. She’s on an international tour: